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Hydraulics Practice Lead - Dams and Levees
Geosyntec Consultants
Lead hydraulic engineering practice for dams & levees, managing projects and growth
7d ago
$133,820 - $259,765
Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Los Angeles, CA
Hybrid
Company Size
1,400 Employees
Service Specialisms
Environmental Services
Engineering
Consulting
Project Management
Design
Geotechnical Services
Risk Assessment
Water Resources
Sector Specialisms
Industrial
Energy
Infrastructure
Buildings
Residential
Commercial
Water Resources
Heavy Civil
Role
What you would be doing
risk assessment
hydraulic inspection
technical reporting
design rehabilitation
project management
client interaction
- Serving as H&H Subject Matter Expert on probabilistic risk assessment and risk evaluation teams;
- Inspections of existing hydraulic structures and dam safety review of previous analyses and studies against the current state of the practice and design criteria.
- Preparing technical reports, letters, memoranda, plans, specifications, and proposals.
- Recruiting, supervising, and mentoring junior staff; and
- Pulling together resources from our existing network of hydraulic and hydrologic engineers to support dam and levee projects across the country, and fostering their professional growth while also recruiting additional technical team members;
- Field work and overnight travel may be required.
- Help broaden our reputation and visibility via publishing and presenting at prominent industry conferences such as USSD, ASDSO, CEATI, and NHA;
- Provide technical leadership and guidance directed at growing a hydraulic engineering practice within Geosyntec’s Dams and Levees high-growth area business line;
- Consistent with our sell-manage-do business model, play a role in lead generation, business development, staff development, and mentoring;
- Task and project management, including planning and directing staff, budgeting and budget management, adherence to schedule, quality, client satisfaction, and profitability;
- Rehabilitation and design of existing/new spillways, outlet works, and other appurtenant dam hydraulic structures;
- Serving as H&H Subject Matter Expert and providing a senior review for Independent Technical Review Boards on dam safety modification studies and design projects;
- Task and project-level responsibility for scoping, performing, managing, and delivering multiple concurrent project assignments;
- Interacting with client representatives;
What you bring
hec‑ras
hec‑fia
cfd
pe
10+ years
project mgmt
- Advanced degrees of the same. (preferred)
- Current OSHA 40-hr HAZWOPER training and refreshers. (preferred)
- Excellent leadership and detail orientation skills. (required)
- At least 10 years (15+ preferred) of direct engineering consulting experience working on water resource projects with a focus on dams and levees; or an equivalent combination of education and experience working on the types of projects described above. (required)
- Ability and willingness to perform fieldwork and travel for site visits, inspections, and other business-related meetings or conferences. (required)
- Flood hazard assessment and dam breach modeling for inundation mapping and support of direct and indirect economic consequence estimation. Familiarity with HEC-FIA and HEC-LifeSim software is a plus;
- Experience with project management and business development (required)
- Experience performing hydrologic studies for dams and specific experience performing probabilistic flood hazard analyses. (preferred)
- Valid U.S. driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel. (required)
- Experience with modeling tools such as platforms like HEC-RAS (1-D and 2-D), CFD (3-D) models, or similar. HEC-LifeSim, HEC-FIA, DAMRAE or similar. (preferred)
- Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing may be required.
- Exceptional social skills and outstanding oral and written communication skills. (required)
- Experience with multi-disciplinary project teams. (required)
- Bachelor's degree in water resources or environmental engineering or a closely related field with emphasis on water resources or a closely related discipline. (required)
- Professional registration (i.e., P.E.). (required)
- Past experience with hydraulic analysis and modeling (1-D and 2-D, and 3-D) utilizing various hydraulic modeling software. Ability to scope, lead, and serve as a technical advisor on modeling projects;
- Minimum Salary: $146,565/year / Maximum Salary: $259,765/year (Los Angeles, CA)
- Minimum Salary: $140,195/year / Maximum Salary: $248,470/year (Davis, CA)
- Minimum Salary: $133,820/year / Maximum Salary: $237,175/year (Denver, CO)
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Company
Overview
- Founded with a vision to solve complex environmental and engineering challenges.
- Specializes in addressing complex environmental, geotechnical, and water resource issues.
- Provides innovative solutions in areas like water management, environmental remediation, and industrial risk management.
- Has built a strong reputation in industries including infrastructure, energy, and commercial development.
- Known for working on diverse projects, from contaminated site cleanups to complex water systems.
- Focuses on developing sustainable solutions that improve the environmental and industrial landscape.
- Our mission is to help clients succeed through delivering exceptional service and best-value solutions for their endeavors involving the environment, natural resources, and infrastructure.
- Collaboration and mentoring are cornerstones of our culture.
- We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career here will be too.
- We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.
- We operate under a sell-manage-do culture, and so we expect that you'll work on challenging technical projects while leveraging your existing knowledge and experience.
- We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and diverse environment for all our employees, clients, partners, and the communities that we serve.
Top Environmental Engineering Firm
ENR Ranking
Recognized by ENR as a leading environmental engineering design firm, highlighting expertise in sustainable solutions.
- Global technical action groups collaborate across the company on environment-focused innovation.
- Offer well-being programs supporting staff, indirectly aiding sustainable practice through staff retention and focus.
- Implemented health & safety training and medical monitoring across operations to minimize ecological and human impact.
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